# perpetuo
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pər.pəˈtu.u]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pər.pəˈtu.o]
* IPA: (Valencia) [peɾ.peˈtu.o]

### Verb

perpetuo
* first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin perpetuus.

### Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
* perpetual

#### Derived terms

* perpetuamente

#### Related terms

* perpetuar
* perpetuidade

### Further reading

* “perpetuo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /perˈpɛ.tu.o/, /perˈpɛ.two/
* Rhymes: -ɛtuo, -ɛtwo
* Hyphenation: per‧pè‧tu‧o, per‧pè‧tuo

### Etymology 1

From Latin perpetuus.

#### Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetui, feminine plural perpetue)
* perpetual

##### Related terms

* moto perpetuo
* perpetuamente
* perpetuità

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

perpetuo
* first-person singular present indicative of perpetuare

### References

* ↑ perpetuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /perˈpe.tu.oː/, [pɛrˈpɛt̪uoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /perˈpe.tu.o/, [perˈpɛːt̪uo]

### Etymology 1

From perpetuus (“perpetual, continuous”) +‎ -ō.

#### Alternative forms

* perpetuē, perpetuum

#### Adverb

perpetuō (not comparable)
* constantly
* perpetually
* merrilly

### Etymology 2

From perpetuus (“perpetual, continuous”) +‎ -ō.

#### Verb

perpetuō (present infinitive perpetuāre, perfect active perpetuāvī, supine perpetuātum); first conjugation
* To cause to continue uninterruptedly, to proceed with continually, to make perpetual, perpetuate

##### Conjugation

$^1$At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

##### Synonyms

* perpetuitō

##### Descendants

* English: perpetuate
* French: perpétuer

### Etymology 3

Inflected form perpetuus.

#### Adjective

perpetuō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of perpetuus

### References

* “perpetuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “perpetuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* perpetuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
* Obsolete spelling of perpétuo.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

perpetuo
* first-person singular present indicative of perpetuar

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin perpetuus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peɾˈpetwo/ [peɾˈpe.t̪wo]
* Rhymes: -etwo
* Syllabification: per‧pe‧tuo

### Adjective

perpetuo (feminine perpetua, masculine plural perpetuos, feminine plural perpetuas)
* perpetual

#### Derived terms

* cadena perpetua
* perpetuamente
* reclusión perpetua

#### Related terms

* perpetuar
* perpetuidad

### Further reading

* “perpetuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10